Nikolai Zykov

Nikolai Zykov
Born	Nikolai Victorovich Zykov May 8, 1965 Moscow
Residence	Moscow
Citizenship	USSR, Russia
Occupation	actor, director, artist, designer, puppet-maker, master puppeteer
Website	www.zykov.ru

Nikolai Zykov (Russian: Николай Зыков) (born May 8, 1965) is a Soviet and Russian actor, director, artist, designer, puppet-maker, master puppeteer.

Nikolai Zykov was born in 1965 in Moscow in a family of engineers, whose life was not related to art. He is the son of Viktor Zykov, who is a scientist-physics, inventor, and Candidate of Sciences, and Tatiana Zykova (née Smyslova), who is an engineer-technologist and teacher.

When Zykov was five years old, his parents took him to the Puppet Theatre of Sergey Obraztsov, who is the great grand-uncle of Nikolai Zykov.

After the show, Zykov created his own theatre in his house and presented puppet performances before his parents and his younger sister. At that time he did not make puppets by himself. Instead, he took details of toys and inter-connected them with wire.

Zykov began making puppets for his performances in 1977. In 1980, he made his first puppet vignette. In 1985, he created his first solo puppet performance and founded his own professional Nikolai Zykov Theatre.

Zykov has created over 100 puppet vignettes, which include marionettes, hand, rod, giant, radio-controlled and experimental puppets of unusual construction.

Zykov constantly developed the technology and has created many new construction and technological innovations. Some of the more innovative designs include:

Zykov is an author of over 20 puppet performances. These performances include:

Zykov has been a member of Russian Authors Organization since 1997.

Puppets of Zykov took part in many popular television shows in USSR, Russia and abroad.

In 1994-1995, Zykov hosted the children's television show, "Everyday is holiday" on Russian State Television.

Zykov has performed in more than 40 countries around the world. These include:

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